Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

Dr. Jeanne Brooks-Gunn is the Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child Development at Teachers College and the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. She is also the co-director of the National Center for Children and Families. Dr. Brooks-Gunn is a developmental psychologist who studies children, youth, and families over time. She is interested in the family and neighborhood conditions that influence how children and youth thrive or do not and how conditions at different ages influence development. She also does policy work as well as designing and evaluating interventions for children and families (home visiting clinic based programs, early childhood education programs, and after school programs).

Research Interests

Adolescent / Young Adult Developmental Transitions
Adolescents/Youth
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Built Environment
Child Abuse and Neglect
Child Policy
Children
Early Interventions or Prenatal to Age Three Interventions
Education/Schools
Family
Family Policy
Heath
Health Inequities
Housing
Human Capital and Children
Income Based Interventions
Inequality
Inequality/Disparity
Long Reach of Childhood or Childhood Origins of Adult Health
Neighborhoods
Neurodevelopment
Nutrition Programs for Children
Policy (policies)
Poverty
Practices
Programs
Social Determinants
Social Policy
Social Support
State Child Health Programs
Subsidized Housing and Children
Teen Pregnancy
Parenthood Programs
Toxic Environmental Exposures
Toxic Stress
Universal Pre K Programs
Urban Health

Datasets

American Community Survey
Early Childhood Poverty Tracker Data
Early Childhood Longitudinal Studies Program or Institute of Education Sciences Data
Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study
NYC survey data (e.g. Community Health Survey, Housing and Vacancy Survey)
NYC administrative data
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth or other NLS datasets
Panel Study of Income Dynamics
Poverty Tracker Data
Survey of Income and Program Participation